Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Amazon has agreed to acquire autonomous vacuum cleaner manufacturer iRobot in a move industry observers say will add household mapping capabilities to Amazon’s already significant data-gathering arsenal. While Amazon gains shopping data from its core market platform, entertainment insights from its streaming services, and endless data points from its voice-activated Alexa assistant, the iRobot purchase means the company could soon understand how its users’ homes are laid out.

 

Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Controversial UN Conference

As world leaders gathered for the United Nations General Assembly…
Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Germany, Palestinian Authority Sign Cooperation Agreement

Germany and the Palestinian Authority have signed a 100 million…
Amazon Buying Roomba for Data-Gathering Abilities?

Banks could Discriminate Based on Political Views

Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) sent a…